The Sri Lankan navy has rescued an elephant after it was spotted desperately keeping its trunk above water while...
A Russian billionaire on Wednesday dismissed as "fiction" emails released by Donald Trump's eldest son which identify...
A group of far-right activists has hired a boat to patrol the Mediterranean and prevent would-be migrants from reaching...
Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari is recovering fast from an undisclosed illness and should be back in Nigeria soon,...
Sri Lanka's navy has rescued an elephant that got into difficulties after being washed out to sea, a spokesman said...
Iran and Oman will work to boost their ties, the Islamic republic's President Hassan Rouhani said on Wednesday, as a...
Hundreds of Myanmar farmers entered a seventh day of protest over land grabs on Wednesday, demanding the government...
China appears to be considering further reforms to its foreign exchange market such as reduced state meddling and freer...
A baby panda in Japan has survived its crucial first 30 days, zoo officials said Wednesday, as fresh video showed the...
A surprise decision by India's cricket board to appoint two high-profile stars to assist new coach Ravi Shastri has...
The family of China's cancer-stricken Nobel laureate Liu Xiaobo declined to let doctors put him on artificial...
Authorities imposed a curfew Wednesday in parts of Indian-administered Kashmir after three rebels were killed in a...
Indonesia has issued a decree allowing it to ban groups that oppose its official state ideology, in a move seen to...
China has deployed troops to its first overseas naval base in Djibouti, a major step forward for the country's...
Topless activists interrupted a concert by Woody Allen in Germany, calling for an end to the "culture of silence"...
A one-time millionairess dubbed the "Black Widow" over the untimely deaths of lovers and a husband, admitted poisoning...
Nigeria's vice-president has returned from a whistlestop trip to meet ailing President Muhammadu Buhari in London and...
Malaysia has rounded up over 3,000 undocumented migrant workers this month in a major crackdown, prompting alarm...
Bangladesh's Tamim Iqbal rejected rumours Wednesday that he quit English county cricket club Essex because of a hate...
A Singapore court Wednesday convicted a jailed banker of additional offences in a case linked to the international...